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About Chandgarh Village

Chandgarh is a mid sized village in Barkatha tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,166, made up of 617 males and 549 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 421.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chandgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandgarh village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Barkatha
Pincode 825323
Area (hectares) 421.95 hectares
Population 1,166
Male Population 617
Female Population 549
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chandgarh compares

By the 2011 count Chandgarh is the 31st largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents. Its 421.95 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Chandgarh

Chandgarh is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chandgarh as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chandgarh from other places

Chandgarh lies about 10 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Charhi, about 11 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Chandgarh
Tehsil headquarters Barkatha 10 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 10 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 10 km
Nearest railway station Charhi 11 km

Villages closest to Chandgarh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barkatha tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Chandgarh

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandgarh village had a population of 1,166. That makes it the 31st largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents.

Chandgarh village has 617 males and 549 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandgarh has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Chandgarh is 825323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chandgarh covers 421.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chandgarh falls under Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chandgarh is Charhi, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chandgarh.

Chandgarh is about 10 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandgarh is in Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Barkatha is about 10 km away. Hazaribagh is about 10 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bero Kalan Alias Bero (6.9 km), Barkangango (14 km) and Chhutharikatia (15 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chandgarh today is likely to be higher.

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